Dangerous curves
Subtitle: Latina bodies in the media
By: Isabel Molina-Guzmán.
Series: Critical cultural communication
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780814757352; 9780814757369
Subjects: Hispanic American women in mass media; Popular culture -- United States; Mass media and minorities -- United States
Description: Latina bodies have assumed an almost ubiquitous presence in US culture. 'Dangerous Curves' traces the visibility of the Latina body in media & popular culture, including the news, media gossip, movies, television news, & online audience discussions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : mapping the place of Latinas in the U.S. media; title: Saving Elián : Cubana motherhood, Latina immigration and the nation; title: The disciplining of J.Lo's booty politics in tabloid news; title: Becoming Frida : Latinidad and the production of Latina authenticity; title: "Ugly" America dreams the American dream; title: Maid in Hollywood : producing Latina labor in an anti-immigration imaginary; title: Conclusion : an epilogue for dangerous curves.